Gambia vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, adult, female
Gambia
193.6 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Sierra Leone
195.23 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Gambia rank
27th
Sierra Leone rank
26th
Mortality rate, adult, female over time
- Gambia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 195.23 per 1,000 female adults against 193.6 per 1,000 female adults in Gambia, a difference of 1.63 per 1,000 female adults.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 27th and Sierra Leone ranks 26th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 443.26 per 1,000 female adults | 407.1 per 1,000 female adults | 36.16 per 1,000 female adults | Gambia |
| 1970s | 400.88 per 1,000 female adults | 354.17 per 1,000 female adults | 46.71 per 1,000 female adults | Gambia |
| 1980s | 350.88 per 1,000 female adults | 342.33 per 1,000 female adults | 8.56 per 1,000 female adults | Gambia |
| 1990s | 288.75 per 1,000 female adults | 386.85 per 1,000 female adults | 98.1 per 1,000 female adults | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 256.23 per 1,000 female adults | 362.09 per 1,000 female adults | 105.86 per 1,000 female adults | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 231.87 per 1,000 female adults | 289.27 per 1,000 female adults | 57.4 per 1,000 female adults | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 209 per 1,000 female adults | 209.31 per 1,000 female adults | 0.3174 per 1,000 female adults | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, adult, female, Gambia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 195.23 per 1,000 female adults against 193.6 per 1,000 female adults in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, female between Gambia and Sierra Leone?
- 1.63 per 1,000 female adults, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, adult, female?
- Gambia ranks 27th and Sierra Leone ranks 26th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.